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Phyllis Diller, Sassy Deliverer of Rapid-Fire Comedy, Dies at 95
By artappraiser on Mon, 08/20/2012 - 7:33pm |By Peter Keepnews, New York Times, August 20/21, 2012
Phyllis Diller, whose sassy, screeching, rapid-fire stand-up comedy helped open the door for two generations of funny women, died on Monday at her home in Brentwood, Calif. She was 95 [....]
Forget the debates about Helen Gurley Brown vs. Betty Friedan. I think Phyllis was the underappreciated grande dame of ceiling and ground breaking, especially about "the problem that had no name;" as the obit notes: assuring audiences that she fed Fang and her kids garbage soup and buried her ironing in the backyard.
Edit to add: I can't but help notice the name of the obit writer: is that a joke or for real? What would Phyllis say?
URL:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/arts/television/phyllis-diller-sassy-comedian-dies-at-95.html?_r=1&hp
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